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'What I have found myself reflecting on recently is how supervisors, used to working with counsellors, can best adapt our skills to support those who fall outside of our usual services'. Regular column from Elizabeth Holt. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2023

"By integrating mindfulness into supervision sessions, my supervisees and I have unlocked a felt sense of the client that has supported the counsellor to engage with rich reflections or identify their own blocks." Regular column from Elizabeth Holt. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2023

Where lunatics (still) prosper: Honest and curious // Hiding and being found // Difficult parent or traumatised parent? // Why therapy is political...

'I support supervisees to write a new clinical will or update an existing one, and encourage them to consider their priorities and preferences for pausing practice'. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2024.

Supervision: Just listening 'Once the misconception of ‘just’ [in just listening] has been identified, listening skills are often strengthened'. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2023

What I wish you knew: How counsellors and psychotherapists can support trans young people. Plus: Beyond the binary // Readers' survey // Recognising neurodivergence // No good at art?

The impossible dilemma: When seeking safety is dangerous. Plus: Different, not deficient // Killing the Buddha // Reasons to be cheerful // The only child in therapy

Key learnings from BACP's monthly network meetings. Thresholds, July 2023

Sanctuary: How an innovative application of play therapy is being used to support young Ukrainian refugees // Brick by brick // On virtual turf // Beyond four walls // Thou shalt not leave...

Judgment is a factor in both cognitivist and psychoanalytic theory and, rather than standing poles apart, a cognitivist and a Freudian perspective have something of value to offer each other, argues Neill Bartlett. Private Practice, June 2023